Pardee v. Bituminous Insurance

LABORDE, Judge.

Plaintiff, Harvey Pardee, filed suit against defendants-appellants, Bituminous Insurance Company (properly Bituminous Casualty Corporation), K&M Construction Company, Inc., and Jessie Walker for personal injuries sustained him in a two vehicle accident which occurred on U. S. Highway 71 in Campti, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, on November 21, 1978. The trial court held in favor of Pardee and awarded him $50,000 in general damages and $3,802.35 in special damages. Defendants appeal urging that we apply the “sudden emergency doctrine” to exonerate them; that we reduce the…